Agile Mind Games and the Art of Self-Delusion

AGILE MIND GAMESAND THEART OF SELF-DELUSIONNoam Kfir, Consultant & Trainer

@NoamKfir, noam@kfir.cc

THE TOME OF ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES Planning Poker, the Bucket System, Size Estimation, Story Points…

Reach consensus collaboratively Prioritize Defer commitment

Research, spikes and POCs Short feedback cycles

THE INFINITUDE OF METHODOLOGIES Scrum, Kanban, Less, XP, Lean…

Collaboration – planning, pair programming, cross-functional teams…

Personal responsibility

Reduce inefficiencies, eliminate waste

THE SOLID MANIFOLD OF DESIGN PATTERNS The greatest thing since sliced bread

Professionalism Design patterns, testing principles, planning techniques

Bonini’s Paradox Live/executable documentation vs. comprehensive specification DDD – ubiquitous language and the evolving conceptual model

THE PRINCIPLES OF WILLFUL DELUSION Fight poor education rather than human nature

Bend mental rigidity Embrace the Margin of Error Avoid “Planning Debt”

REACH FOR THE SUBLIMENoam Kfir, Consultant & Trainer@NoamKfir, noam@kfir.cc